Can't get OHRRPGCE to work??

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Can't get OHRRPGCE to work??

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ok, so I downloaded OHRRPGCE and installed it, but whenever I try to open the game creation app my computer freezes. I've done this at least six times and I've deleted and re-installed it twice. WHAT SHOULD I DO??? It even freezes when no other apps are running. please help
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Could you provide some other info? Like what OS you're running, which file/where you downloaded it, when it freezes, etc...
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Using Editor version wip 20170527 gfx_sdl+fb music_sdl
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right. I'm running Windows XP Proffesional on a 2006 HP. I downloaded the "win-installer" three times from two different websites and ran it. It installed just find every time, but whenever I try to open the editor, the editor pops up with a nonsensical, glitchy pixel display, and then my computer freezes. Actually, the very first time I ran it I was able to create an RPG and name it, and then my computer froze.
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Which websites did you download it from? This is the official place to get it.
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I did get it from there the first two times I downloaded it.
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Browse to C:\ohrrpgce\ and look for the file named gfx_direct.dll

Rename it to gfx_directx_backup.dll

Then try to run the OHRRPGCE Custom editor again, and see if it works.
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Thank you! That solved my problem.
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Ah, very interesting.

That means that the probelm was with the DirectX backend. When you renamed that file, it caused the engine to fall back to the SDL backend

I am curious if you have seen similar problems with other games that use DIrectX? Does the dxdiag program work okay on your computer? (Start menu -> Run -> dxdiag) I would be curious to know what version of DirectX is installed.
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yes, dxdiag does work, but whenever I run it it keeps telling me that there's a problem with the directx and I need to bypass something(e.g., system information). I have directx version 9.0c.
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Could you provide the error message that dxdiag gives you?

In dxdiag when you click on the Display tab you will see buttons to test DirectDraw and Direct3D. Do they work when you test them? Or anything interesting in the 'Notes' section (or on the Drivers tab)? It sounds like DirectX is broken on your system.
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Here's one of the error messages verbatim: "Dxdiag has detected that there may have been a problem accessing Direct3D the last time the program was used. Would you like to bypass Direct3D this time?"

here's another: "Dxdiag has detected that there may have been a problem accessing DirectInput the last time this program was used. Would you like to bypass DirectInput this time?"

here's another: "Dxdiag has detected that there may have been a problem accessing the system information the last time this program was used. Would you like to bypass the system information this time?"
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and TMC: I was able to test DirectDraw and it worked, but it did not allow me to test Direct3D.
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Hmm, odd. If DirectDraw worked but Direct3D didn't, I'd say there's something wrong with your graphics driver. Note that Windows ships with built-in graphics drivers for pretty much everything, but that isn't the same as the official driver from the manufacturer (AMD, nVidia, or Intel); have at look at their website. Problems will often be fixed by installing the official driver... or introduced.
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where can I go to get an HP graphics driver and where should I install it to?
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